Fourth Road America pole for Luhr
Championship leader Lucas Luhr took his fourth pole position at Road America today, setting the fastest time in his Audi R10 TDI, 0.41 seconds ahead of Andretti Racing Green's Franck Montagny
Luhr leads this year's championship with Audi co-driver Marco Werner, the duo having won the last five LMP1 rounds - including three overall wins.
But the German has never won at Road America despite starting from pole on three previous occasions.
This year, though, his qualifying pace also gave him a new track record, with a lap of 1:46.935 - 0.73 seconds better than the previous record, set by Audi driver Allan McNish in qualifying last year.
Montagny, in second place overall, leads the way in the LMP2 class, while Oliver Gavin took his 17th ALMS GT1 pole position - his third at Road America - with a lap of 2:01.235.
Gavin, who shares his Corvette C6.R with Olivier Beretta, was more than three seconds quicker than Bell Motorsports' Aston Martin DBR9.
In the GT2 category, Dirk Mueller put his Tafel Racing's Ferrari F430 GT on his first ALMS pole in seven years.
Saturday's four-hour Generac 500 at Road America will start at 4:00pm local time.
Pos Cl. Drivers Make Time 1. P1 Luhr/Werner Audi R10 TDI 1:46.935 2. P2 Montagny/Rossiter Acura ARX-01b 1:47.345 3. P1 Fassler/Pirro Audi R10 TDI 1:47.579 4. P2 Fernandez/Diaz Acura ARX-01b 1:47.639 5. P2 Bernhard/Dumas Porsche RS Spyder 1:47.736 6. P2 Brabham/Sharp Acura ARX-01b 1:47.774 7. P2 de Ferran/Pagenaud Acura ARX-01b 1:48.160 8. P1 Field/Field/Berry Lola B06/10-AER 1:48.371 9. P2 Long/Maassen Porsche RS Spyder 1:48.492 10. P2 Franchitti/Leitzinger Porsche RS Spyder 1:48.586 11. P2 Dyson/Smith Porsche RS Spyder 1:49.454 12. P2 Devlin/Bonilla Lola B07/46-Mazda 1:51.187 13. P1 Lewis/Faulkner/Fisken Lola B06/10-AER 1:51.359 14. P1 McMurry/Willman/Lewis Creation CA06H-Judd 1:55.540 15. GT1 Beretta/Gavin Corvette C6.R 2:01.235 16. GT1 O'Connell/Magnussen Corvette C6.R 2:01.876 17. GT1 Borcheller/Ducote Aston Martin DBR9 2:04.562 18. GT2 Farnbacher/Muller Ferrari F430 GT 2:06.083 19. GT2 Salo/Melo Ferrari F430 GT 2:06.375 20. GT2 Bergmeister/Henzler Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:06.415 21. GT2 Westbrook/Werner/Miller Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:06.593 22. GT2 van Overbeek/Pilet Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:07.522 23. GT2 Milner/Sutherland/Hand Panoz Esperante GTLM 2:07.742 24. GT2 Figge/Tafel/Ehret Ferrari F430 GT 2:08.385 25. GT2 Brix/Bell Ferrari F430 GT 2:08.725 26. GT2 Robertson/Robertson/Murry Doran Ford GT-R 2:10.330 27. GT2 Pastorelli/Pastorelli/Basseng Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:10.412 28. GT2 Neiman/Law Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:10.872 29. GT2 Pappas/Lazzaro Doran Ford GT-R 2:10.877 30. GT2 Feinberg/Hall Dodge Viper 2:11.803 31. GT2 Cocker/Drayson Aston Martin Vantage No time
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